We have aslow morning. The sky is blue, the sun ist shining.


Hallgrímskirkja, artwork

We walk through Reykjavik after breakfast, go inside Hallgrímskirkja and go to see the Solfar close to the sea.


Solfar

A few hundred meters away a cruise ship has stopped by and unloaded its content. It's crowded in Reykjavik.

We walk through an indoor flea market which is kind of strange, pass by the Laundromat Cafe which closed in 2018 but is rumored to reopen soon. The Laundromat Cafe has been the only place in Reykjavik where you could wash your cloths while having great food.


Laundromat Cafe, currently closed

We go back to the guest house to pack our stuff for the snorkeling tour to Silfra at Þingvellir: Warm underwear, two pair of socks - the water only has 2 to 4° Celsius.

Pickup is at 15:30 at Hallgrímskirkja.

Silfra was created by the drift of the eurasian and north-american tectonic plates.The water comes from the Langjökull glacier and is filtered by 50 km of lava stone. It offers exceptional visibility of more than 50 meters.

We arrive at the diving center in Þingvellir. We get our gear, put it on with some (a lot!) of help. The weather is still great!



Fully covered in neoprene, including gloves, masks and flippers we head to the Silfra rift.
We are a small group of only 6 people. After proper introductions we finally go into the water. You float like a ballon thanks to the big, huge but warm dry suite.
It is just great to snorkel through the clear water. It's like a dream came true!











Back at the diving center we get hot chocolate and cookies! Delicious.
The people from dive.is have been exceptionally helpful an nice! it's a great mix of people from Malaysia, Italy, England, Schottland, Germany, …

They drive us back to Reykjavik, we are tired and happy!